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Ann Stewart; Nidhi S. Sabharwal; Renu Yadav – Policy Futures in Education, 2024
This article is concerned with an institutional initiative designed to encourage the development of an outreach culture which can support fairer, more equal, access to higher education (HE) in India. The initiative constituted the final impact phase of a 5-year Fair Chance Foundation (FCF) research project (2017-2022) which explored gendered…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indians, Access to Education, Higher Education
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Hambidge, Sarah; Minocha, Sonal; Hristov, Dean – Education Sciences, 2019
Public engagement is recognised as having an increasingly important role in the changing landscape of higher education in the United Kingdom (UK), and is promoted as a 'pathway to impact' by many higher education funding bodies. However, there is limited evidence to support the outreach and impact gained by higher education institutes that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Cooperation, Citizen Participation, Outreach Programs
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Bizerril, Marcelo Ximenes A.; Soares, Carla Cruz; Santos, Jean Pierre – Environmental Education Research, 2011
This article describes the environmental education (EE) program developed in the neighboring community of Serra da Canastra National Park based on a research project focused on the maned wolf conservation. The article assesses three tools used to foster the community's participation in discussing local issues: (1) communal production of a book…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Cultural Activities, Conservation (Environment), Community Involvement
White, Lenford – 2002
This document explores the themes of sustainability, rural poverty, community activism, and challenging racism in the United Kingdom. The book presents 21 case studies demonstrating ways in which 18 organizations and 3 activists in the United Kingdom have worked successfully with adult learners to empower their communities, develop capacity, and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Blacks, Citizen Participation
Merton, Bryan; Turner, Cheryl; Ward, Jane; White, Lenford – 2003
This guide is intended to assist managers within England's local authority adult and community education services in supporting neighborhood renewal through adult and community learning (ACL). The guide's overall aim is to promote the skills, knowledge, and understanding that underpin the following items: (1) identification and development of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Agency Cooperation, Community Action
Bittner, Walton S. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1920
It is the aim of this bulletin to describe in some detail the scope and methods of university extension bureaus with particular reference to those which actively stimulate public discussion on current public questions. Chief attention will be given to the work they do in assisting public discussion leagues and clubs, and in carrying on package…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, School Community Relationship, Discussion